Several Milan players have been called up to their national teams, including Christian Pulisic, who has been selected by the United States for the friendlies against Canada and New Zealand (the US is not participating in World Cup qualifiers as they are already qualified as the host nation).
These are the first matches under the new coach Mauricio Pochettino, who, in addition to Pulisic, has also called up another Milan player, Yunus Musah.
Musah and Pulisic in Milan next Thursday
The United States national team will play their second match in Cincinnati during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday Italian time, so the two Milan players will only return to Milan on Thursday, just hours before Milan’s Serie A match against Venezia, scheduled for Saturday at 20:45 at San Siro.
A year ago, a similar situation occurred, but the first match after the break was the derby, and Pulisic was deployed from the start, playing one of his worst games in the Rossoneri jersey.
Fonseca's idea is to give Pulisic some rest...
To avoid a repeat of this situation, as reported by gazzetta.it, Paulo Fonseca's idea is to give Pulisic some rest and start him on the bench against Venezia, allowing him to recover some energy and be at his best for the upcoming matches against Liverpool and Inter. This is a rather logical and wise scenario; the only issue might be that his replacement, Samuel Chukwueze, will only return to Milan on Wednesday after his commitments with Nigeria.
